Poultry trap-nest.



.'15 ter .thesame nest,"and theimpri'one i A lfoflcells, asin 1 Vand 2,.'oli of a s' 55. asto access to the mteiior of t smi AVAILABLE ToV all whom 'it concern:

Be it known that I, 'FB'ANK F':B; CHAPMAN.,

' .moitizen' 'ofthe- United States, residing at y i poultry nest, which is also capable of use as a' trap, Aof such .character that when the 'hen enters the nest vthedooris automatically locked ainst the entrance of another hen, andwhic door may-.beloeked also tofprevent the egress-of the imprisoned hen.

' The invention consists of a trap nest iii-l clorsed o n all sides, and having a swinging doorV so that the nest may be ren e; 2l-prev. notify.' dern-.the door being in Such way-, as to `be capable of swinging inwardly to yadmitthe.henmto the nestk an of lSwingin .Y outwardly to permit her exit therefrom, an

-also provided with means whereby after a `hen 1s once imprisonexhno 'other hep. miy enhen maybe locked in, or` allowedrto vgp fput of the v nestpsmaybe desired, all as I-will roceed owmpre Apiii'ticniarly .to set forth an finally In the accompanying drawings illustrat' l the invention, .in the several gures of whic 3: like erts-.are similarity designated Figure 1 'is-au nt elevation o a series of t ee com'- f nests, the left-hand door being set open -Ufor the .entrance of thehen, and the-door in f ytile-center being'elosed to preventthe ingress t of another hen, while permitting the egress fof-'the imprisoned hen, and thedooiat the 'ierightfhan llocked bovtli against the en- 4QF 'trance of another Hen andthe escape of the j im risen" Fig.- 2V is a top p an 'view' .limit 'apoition' ofthe to'p broken away. Fig.-

B-,is an end view with a portionof the end'V wall broken away, and thisv view serving to 45. illnstrate the construction jf either a series pfnests, asin 1l and. 2, or? a singlefnest,

i as shown inthe/"next view. Fig. 4is a front y'eleiretiii fafsingle' nest. QWh'etlrthe nest be composed of al seris .e ce .i

. and ends 3, and the top is-coi'npose'd of a fixed i .ortion 4, and`afhinge cover 5, hinged-.to the igixedfportion 4 'and adapted -to be olpened so e cell or j A. specifi-.cation of Letters'Patent. y .immuni naomi.: 1.1905. sumirmzssso..

ne'st. The fronthas fixed portion' her, andel so tope f with her. -rate door, andeachdoor rovidedyy wit vinviltethe entrance@ a lient 'this position, the vdoc/mis notfully Aagellent"With the door, so v en passesffiilly into the c FRANK F. B. CHAPMAN, oFwiNcHEsfiEi-ifimssXoi the door '7 is -hungfreijnthe fqiedtop portion 4J The d0'0r'7 .fis-g ,sus Vmles'l omrsthexed portion 4 bymeans, f struction-as will @idf freely withint'he nes so as, i'espectivel .,#t the nest b pus A' from the nest b th doorpu.. W y

'Eae -cell provided with as 'epe-A notch 9 in its lowerkeidge, van .Pl'ferbly. 6,0111 trally, in which the..henj entends-her" ck in coming out and oing into the nest i i One edge of t 'e doorjis providedr with a spring or other siiitableQdoggingjdev-ice y10',

which normally, r `ects rom :the ,side edge ofthe door into witlifa vstop y L1 `iixed-.on

the inside of the sid Wa11oftlie.nest. The devicer'l() is s ringyrand,.tliiisqnugtyfrA e., over stop 11 as t `e. door swings ontw, dlfy and these devices 10 andgl 1` `serveto a`i'rest' the .inward ,movement of: ..the' vdoor and obviously lock the door against the entrancefof; aahen from the outside. .The-.dog ingil vice .11.0 is accessible yto en'at tendantf.rennt ,e: .-.,utside so that-it may bepres'sedb of the attendantftQ-Qnabl whenever desi/rabble.y

,te-pssslth stop tek` by; the mmh,

the side Well eccentrically 'With-:relation to A shaped lendv V15 -sofarrang door is manually piish'ed inwardly in `Eig. 3its1qw 'redgma ,d by he 9nd. 15 .and the door hel as the hen entersfslienlist pushih with her into approxiinetel osition .shown in Fig. vf3,e.nd. doing ook' 's pushed intothe'dott'ed,line `po indicated forit andtliereby,frl

to l'swing back on out ringnthe 'door is loc Wardwing bythe -sngsgemen deyiceio with #hemp llib'ut.; @Us

. the right-hand cellof Fig. 1, or as in closed only, a ter the hen enters the nest and i"e'4 2. free to swing outward'to permit the escape of the hen.

, If for an reason it be desired to such as a turn-buttonV 16 is turned u as in to loc Vthe door against outward 'movement. When the door is closed, the cell is comparatively dark, and thus tends to correct the habit some hens have of eating their eg It will be observed that after a hen leaves tise nest, it isimpossible for another hen to enter the saine nest until the door has been reset by the attendant. Where a vnest is composed of ia series of; cells, ea'ch c'ell is separated fromY the other by a partition 17. By providing the door with means to lock it against the entrance of ,a second hen,.or the egress of .the` hen which has entered the cell, it is possible for breeders to note the rela'- tive Erohficness of their hens, and itis also possi le to identify the eggs of each individual hen l What I claim isnv 1. Apoultry trapnest havingaswinging entrance door, a pivoted hookdor supporting the door artially open inwardly and adaptf ed to be isengaged from the door, upon further inward movement of the door, and an independent automatically operating doorlocking mechanism for locking the door in osition ragainst inward movement leases the door from its supporting hook by further inward ,movement of the door, said lockin mechanismser'ving the double purpose o preventing the entrance of another en into the same nest and the entrance of any heninto the nest Vafter an occupant has left the nest; v

2. A poultr` trap nest, having an inwardly and outward pivoted hook for su tially olpen inwardly and adaplted to be disengage from the Adoor by rther inward movement of the door, and an independent locking mechanism for automatica] locking the door' in closed position against in,

ward movement only, afterthe hen enters vthe nest` and releases the door from its supporting ihook by further inward movement olf1 the door, said locking. mechanismv sei-vin t e anot er h en into the same nest andthe entrance of an hen into the nest after an oceft ther nest, ,the door.' being caopened from the inside by an outcoming hen.

3. A poultry trap nest, having an inwardly and outwardly swinging entrance door, a pivoted hook for sup orting the door artially'open inwardly an ada ted to be sisengagedfrom thedoor by urt er inward irnprison` the hen wit the nest, then a movable stop,

'l of an imprisoned hen.

y swinging entrance door, a

pporting the door par-Y bein uiposeof preventing the entrance o moyement ofthe door, an independent .spring clogging device and a stop therefor for automatically locking Athe door iii-,closed position against invitrf movement only, after the hen enters the nest and releases the door; from its supporting hook| by `further inward movement of the door, said clogging ldevice and stop serving the double purpose of preventing the entrance of anotherhen into the saine nest and permitting the egress '4; 'A poultry` trap nest, composedof several cells, each 'cellhaving an inwardly and outwardly swinging door, :a pivoted hook in ,each lcell`for supporting the d'oorj'partially /open inwardly for'the entrance-cfa heir, said door being capable of being released from its supportin tomatic locking mechanism for locking'lthe thus released door in closed position'against inward `movement,` and at thesame'time allowing the door to swing outward to' periv mit the exit of theimpriso'iiedh'en.

' 5. A poultry tra'p nest, composedff several cells, each cell havingai; inwardly and outwardly swinging door, `a pivoted hook in hook `by further inwardl move, ment of t e door upon'the entrance 'of the 'hen to permitv the door to close and an aueach c ell for setting the doorf artially open inwardly for the entrance of a en, beingvca able of from sai hook' byfthe ingoing hen' pushing the door inwardly to 'permit the door to' close, and a (logging mechanism'for e'ach door in-k dependent of the settingme'chanism foi-.locking the door in' closed positionf against inward movement and {')ermittiiigy outward movement of the door for the free exit ofthe said door' imprisoned hen'.-` trap nest', composed of,j se v eral cells, cach 'cellha'ving an,inwardly"{and outwardly swinging door," fa" pivoted hook Vforeach cell adapted to" engage the door to being virliiollyjV disengaged.

set it partially open inwardly for'tli'ev'entrance of'a'hen, said door beingcapable of Wholly disengaged from the Ahook by the ing'oinglhen pusl'iing the-door inwardly to permit t e .door to close, ra doggin'g'fmechanism for each door 'for locking the door` `.against inward 'movement when released,

and an independent movable stop for lock.-

ing each door 'agamstoutwa'rd movement by the imprisoned hen.

'l '7. A poultry trap nest, having va swinging entrance door, a pivoted hook adapted to engage -the door to set itpartially open-` inwardly and adapted to'be disengaged from the door by further inward' movementv of the door, and a locking mechanism i'vlfiereb'y the door when released .from its setting hook by further inward iiioveiiient of the' door may be automatically locked in closed position against' inwardmovenient only. after thehen $80,778 enters the nest, said locking means serving' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the double purpose of preventing the enmy handlthis 29th day of November'A. D.-

,the entrance of any hen ntothe nest after Corrctons `'n Letters Patent No. 880,778.

trance of 'a second hen into the same nest and ,21905;

FRA H' AP an occupant has left thenest, and a'hinged Witnessesz' NK F B C A cover for gaimng access tothe `intel-"Lor of the JOHN E. REAGAN, nest. v C; HCQCH'IAPMAN.

It is hereby certifiedv that. in Letters yPatent 78, granted March 3, 1908, upon the application of Frank F.. -B Chapman, of Winchester, Massachusetts, for an improvement Ain VPonltry Trap-Nests, errors Yappear in the printed specification requiring 'correction, as i'oliovvs: In line 69, page l?, after vthe. word her the words head aad .should be inserted, and thel namerof the vsei-zond witness should read-C. H.' Chapman,l instead of 0. C, Ghapman; that the said Letters .Patent should be read with these corrections therein tat the samerx'nay conform to the record of `the rc`a,s`l in the Patent Oce. ,f

'signed and Sealed this 24th day of March, A. 11,5 labs.

[SEMA v v C. o. BILLINGS,

l Acting Commissioner of Patents,

$80,778 enters the nest, said locking means serving' In testimony whereof I have hereunto set the double purpose of preventing the enmy handlthis 29th day of November'A. D.-

,the entrance of any hen ntothe nest after Corrctons `'n Letters Patent No. 880,778.

trance of 'a second hen into the same nest and ,21905;

FRA H' AP an occupant has left thenest, and a'hinged Witnessesz' NK F B C A cover for gaimng access tothe `intel-"Lor of the JOHN E. REAGAN, nest. v C; HCQCH'IAPMAN.

It is hereby certifiedv that. in Letters yPatent 78, granted March 3, 1908, upon the application of Frank F.. -B Chapman, of Winchester, Massachusetts, for an improvement Ain VPonltry Trap-Nests, errors Yappear in the printed specification requiring 'correction, as i'oliovvs: In line 69, page l?, after vthe. word her the words head aad .should be inserted, and thel namerof the vsei-zond witness should read-C. H.' Chapman,l instead of 0. C, Ghapman; that the said Letters .Patent should be read with these corrections therein tat the samerx'nay conform to the record of `the rc`a,s`l in the Patent Oce. ,f

'signed and Sealed this 24th day of March, A. 11,5 labs.

[SEMA v v C. o. BILLINGS,

l Acting Commissioner of Patents,

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent N o. 880,778, granted March 3, 1908, upon the application of Frank F. B. Chapman, of Winchester, Massachusetts, for an improvement in Poultry Trap-Nests, errors appear in the printed specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 69, page 1, after the word her the words head and should be inserted, and the name of the second witness should read C'. H. Chapman instead of 0. C. Chapman; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with these corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the 185 in the Patent Oce.

signed and sealed this 24th day of March, A. D flsos.

C. C. BILLINGS,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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